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It’s All About Streets
Think of different types of public space and parks, plazas, and piers probably come to mind. Streets are another type that often make up the largest share of publicly-owned land within cities, but they may not be obviously “public” in … Continue reading
Posted in Cars, Land Use, Policy, Public Space, Sustainability, Transportation
Tagged automobile, bike, bus, car, complete street, dense, mall, mixed-use, multi-modal, parklet, pedestrian, right-of-way, road diet, Seattle, small town, sprawl, street tree, streets, suburb, traffic, transit, trees
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Pronto Set for a Rainy Start
Pronto Cycle Share, previously working under the name of Puget Sound Bike Share (PSBS), has secured sponsorships, station locations, and is set to launch on Monday, October 13th. Annual memberships ($85) started being offered this past Monday, with the first … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Public Space, Sustainability, Transportation
Tagged Alaska Airlines, Alta, bicycle, bike, costs, Cycle Share, delays, fatalities, helmet, launch, law, location, map, membership, neighborhoods, program, Pronto, safety, Seattle, stations, system, U.S.
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Germany Visits South Lake Union
Last week I led a tour of students and professors from the University of Munich’s Department of Geography through South Lake Union (SLU) . It was a great experience for me, as I’ve never done anything like it, and the German … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial, Land Use, Public Space, Transportation
Tagged Amazon, buildings, campus, change, construction, geography, Germany, Lake Union Park, Mercer Mess, MOHAI, office, South Lake Union, streetcar, technology, tour, University of Munich, Westlake
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Let’s Bury I-5: Redux
Author’s Note: The latest and most detailed proposal is in a third post, “The Case for Lidding I-5 in Downtown Seattle”, dated December 4, 2015. Earlier this year I proposed capping Interstate 5 in downtown Seattle. The original idea was radical, … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Housing, Land Use, Landscape, Megaprojects, Parks, Public Space, Schools, Sustainability, Transportation
Tagged Bury I-5, cap, Capitol Hill, construction, convention center, Dallas, deck, downtown, engineering, First Hill, Freeway Park, I-5, Interstate 5, Klyde Warren Park, lid, Mercer Island, neighborhoods, Northwest Urbanist, park, proposal, redux, revision, school, Seattle, update, urban design, water
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Atlanta Conference Recap
In April I had the good fortune to attend the 2014 National APA (American Planning Association) Conference in Atlanta, Georgia with 5,000 fellow planners. Session topics ranged from autonomous cars and the Millennials to citizen participation and affordable housing. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Demographics, Editorial, Event Writeup, Government, Housing, Land Use, Landscape, Megaprojects, Policy, Public Space, Resources, Sustainability, Transportation
Tagged 2014, APA, Atlanta, Boston, cap parks, climate change, complete streets, conference, creative class, cycle tracks, Dallas, downtown, freeways, freight, infrastructure, lid, millenials, mixed use, national, natural disasters, Philadelphia, resiliency, Seattle, sustainability, transit, transit oriented development, transportation, urban design
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Seattle Hopes to Restart Neighborhood Relations
The Mayor’s Office hosted a “Neighborhood Summit” at the Seattle Center on Saturday for the purpose of connecting city government with citizens. In addition to over 20 city departments and offices, 600 people of all ages and walks of life … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial, Energy, Event Writeup, Government, Housing, Land Use, Public Space, Resources, Sustainability, Transportation
Tagged City Council, conflict, controversey, Department, development, districts, Ed Murray, elections, event, growth, mayor, Neighborhood Summit, neighborhoods, office, open house, Planning, politics, Seattle, Seattle Center, transportation, voting, waterfront
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Redesigning 15th Avenue NE
The “complete street” movement has picked up steam as urban planners and city leaders have relearned that public rights-of-way need to accommodate all modes of transportation. With the growing interest in this urban design strategy I tried my hand at … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Buses, Editorial, Parking, Public Space, Roads, Sustainability, Transportation, Walking
Tagged 15th Ave, 15th Avenue, bike path, complete street, corridor, department of transportation, design, drawings, efficiency, Lake City, mode, multi-modal, NE, on-street parking, Pacific Street, parking, plantings, project, proposal, renderings, Roosevelt, route, safety, Seattle, speed limit, traffic, transit, U-District, university of washington, walking
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The Vision for Seattle’s Waterfront
On Tuesday night Friends of Waterfront Seattle hosted an event with landscape architect James Corner, of High Line and Fresh Kills fame, on the continuing redesign of Seattle’s downtown waterfront. With replacement of the viaduct at a standstill and a … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Buses, Ferries, Government, Land Use, Landscape, Megaprojects, Parking, Parks, Public Art, Public Space, Rail, Roads, Sustainability, Transportation, Walking
Tagged Alaskan Way, Bertha, Colman Dock, construction, cycle track, downtown, Elliot Bay, features, Field Operations, Friends of Waterfront Seattle, funding, gondola, High Line, Highway 99, James Corner, landscape, park, pedestrian, Pike Place, Pike-Pine, redesign, replacement, revitalize, Seattle, Seattle Aquarium, seawall, shoreline, streetcar, transit, tunnel, urban, viaduct, waterfront, Waterfront Seattle, Waterfront Streetcar, WSDOT
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Let’s Bury I-5
Author’s Note: This post has been superseded by an updated proposal in another post, “Let’s Bury I-5: Redux”, dated July 5, 2014. Author’s Note 2: The latest and most detailed proposal is in a third post, “The Case for Lidding I-5 … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial, Government, Housing, Land Use, Landscape, Megaprojects, Public Space, Transportation
Tagged bicycling, bore, buildings, bury, cars, concrete, construction, cost, cover, Dallas, department of transportation, Eisenhower, engineering, freeway, highway, Hudson Yards, I-5, Interstate 5, land, land value, lid, megaproject, Millenium Park, neighborhoods, noise, park, paths, pollution, project, proposal, reconnect, Seattle, soil, tunnel, urban design, vegetation, walking, Washington
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Plans, Plans, Plans: The Visions for Seattle’s Future
On Thursday night a crowd of hundreds gathered to share ideas for Seattle’s future. Co-hosted by the Seattle Art Museum and the city’s Department of Planning and Development, the evening kicked off the city’s comprehensive plan update process that will … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Government, Housing, Land Use, Landscape, Parks, Public Space, Resources, Schools, Sustainability, Transportation
Tagged comprehensive plan, department of planning and development, DPD, Olympic Sculpture Park, Pecha Kucha, presentation, public participation, SAM, Seattle, Seattle 2035, Seattle Art Museum, update
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The Northwest Urbanist 